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It Isn’t Easy Voting Greennew

Pro-environment talk is cheap. Which of Chicago's mayoral candidates will back it up?
Chicago Reader |
Kari Lydersen |
02-17-2011 |
Elections
Rampage!new

All hell breaks loose as Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker runs roughshod over public employees.
Sum of Samnew

An interview with Portland Mayor Sam Adams in advance oh his State of the City speech.
Willamette Week |
Henry Stern |
02-16-2011 |
Politics
Tags: Portland, Mayor Sam Adams
The Warriorsnew

How the decades-long fight against AIDS made radicals out of activists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Holly Otterbein |
02-15-2011 |
Politics
Pin the Fail on the Donkeynew

Jeremy Alford on the collapse of the Louisiana Democratic Party -- and what lies ahead for the Dems.
Sarah's Warnew

Palin started a blood libel war in Tucson. "Refudiate that!" says former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell.
Miami New Times |
Luther Campbell |
01-20-2011 |
Commentary
Desert Storm: How the GOP and the Sunset State Nurture the Lunatic Fringenew

Tragedy in Tucson re-opens the question of the GOP's dangerous embrace of extremists.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
01-14-2011 |
Commentary
Company Sells Engraved “You Lie” Component For AR-15 Riflenew

A South Carolina gun and accessories company is selling semi-automatic rifle components inscribed with “You lie” – a tribute to the infamous words of 2nd District Republican Congressman Joe Wilson when he shouted at President Barack Obama during a congressional speech about national health care reform in the fall of 2009.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
01-12-2011 |
Politics
The Gabrielle Giffords Shootingnew

Rightbloggers comfort the real victims of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting: Themselves.
The Village Voice |
Roy Edroso |
01-11-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Sarah Palin
Political Violence? Stop Violent Politics
The cognitive disconnect between reality and self-perception in American society and politics is bizarre and frightening.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
01-10-2011 |
Commentary
Jerry Brown's Karmanew

What can California expect from Jerry Brown this time around?
Sacramento News & Review |
Tom Hayden |
01-06-2011 |
Politics
Tags: California, Jerry Brown
The Road To 2012: The New New Hampshirenew

Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP field are about to find a whole new set of players standing between them and first-in-the-nation primary victory.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
01-03-2011 |
Elections
One-Party Rule Hurts Georgianew

The defections of nine state lawmakers to the GOP has ensured the state's foreseeable future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
12-30-2010 |
Commentary
Drug Addicts Unite!new

An Oakland-based group of methadone users and their medical providers has formed a political lobbying to help shape California policy.
East Bay Express |
Julia Landau |
12-29-2010 |
Politics
Praying For Votesnew

As more Latinos gravitate to evangelical churches, does that mean a boon for Texas Republicans on election days? Not necessarily.
The Texas Observer |
Michael May |
12-23-2010 |
Elections